Key statistics
Satellite FLYING LAPTOP at a glance.
Uptime
2856
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FLYING LAPTOP.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FLYING LAPTOP
International designator: 2017-042G
Object number (NORAD): 42831
Object ID (CCSDS): 42831
Country: GERMANY (GER)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.09 minutes
Inclination: 97.4027 deg
SMA: 6949.364 km
Apoapsis: 580.223 km
Periapsis: 562.235 km
RAAN: 298.1218 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012942
Argument of periapsis: 64.4236 deg
Mean anomaly: 295.8324 deg
Mean motion: 14.98598127 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002809 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023851 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 10:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FLYING LAPTOP
TLE line 1: 1 42831U 17042G 25128.93826053 .00002809 00000-0 23851-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 42831 97.4027 298.1218 0012942 64.4236 295.8324 14.98598127425865
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In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Kanopus-V-IK is a small Russian remote sensing satellite for monitoring wildfires. Weighing about 473 kg, it is intended for 5 years of operation in a 510 km sun-synchronous orbit.
FLYING LAPTOP was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK’, on board a Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 14, 2017, 6:36 a.m. from 31/6.
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Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | Kanopus-V-IK
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Launch date: July 14, 2017, 6:36 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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